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Here's another little fact I picked up with studying psychological criminology at Uni.

There was talk about putting certain "high-risk" offenders away before they'd even done anything. This was shelved for 2 reasons: 1st, it's unethical to lock someone up when they haven't actually done anything; 2, In th U.K. 1 person in 200 suffers from a psychopathic disorder. That's 0.5% - 300,000 people in the U.K. The idea arose in the U.S.A. (In th U.S. the figure is almost 1 person in 20 suffering from a psychopathic disorder. 5% = 12,500,000 people).

My point? Well, if I have one it's that no-one really agrees on what psychopathy is. It could be anyone from Norman Bates (except that was closer to Disassoicated Identity Disorder (multiple personalities) and sociopathy) to any person who doesn't empathise with others. Which we are all guilty of.

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Prisoner, have you ever met anybody with said disorders or did you just read about them in text books?

What do you do now? Teach English? ;-)

I am absolutely not pretending to be an expert in these matters, and I am not, but I once had a 'summer job' working as a nurse aid in a psychiatric hospital and, though admittedly they weren't very severe cases, I came to the rather rapid conclusion that it is a fine line between those considered mentally stable and those who are otherwise. In fact, I was working a bar at night and had to give up the day job because I could see very little difference between the patients and bar custom, particularly on busy nights. In short, it was doing my head in.

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Mental instabilities, disorders, schizophrenia, etc, are far more common than we would know. We all live a fine balance. Stress, drug/alcohol abuse or emotional upset can push us beyond the boundaries of acceptable behavior.

I have mentioned before that we are all born schizophrenic. As children we have imaginary friends. See things, believe in ghosts and worry about shadows. Life experience normally reaches us to control these emotions and fears, although they still exist below the surface of our emotional control. A poor childhood such as abusive or uncaring parents can reduce our ability to control these emotions, and sadly sometimes we never get them under control.

But before you laugh at the mentally ill man talking to himself, ask yourself is your world real, or do you live in a make believe world like he does. You would never know……

You are a Polar Bear and yet here we are engaged in simple communication. The vast majority of people on this planet would simply not believe this was possible.

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place within us love that truly gives, tenderness that truly unites, self-offering that tells the truth and does not deceive, forgiveness that truly receives, loving physical union that welcomes

I have mentioned before that we are all born schizophrenic. As children we have imaginary friends. See things, believe in ghosts and worry about shadows. Life experience normally reaches us to control these emotions and fears, although they still exist below the surface of our emotional control. A poor childhood such as abusive or uncaring parents can reduce our ability to control these emotions, and sadly sometimes we never get them under control.

What do you mean this happens in our childhood....welllll just last night//// naaaa thats another story